Donor Privacy Policy

DONOR PRIVACY POLICY

Our relationship with our donors is the single most important factor enabling us to fulfill our mission to drive change in our community through innovative programs that promote adoption, outreach, veterinary care, and a better life for pets and the people who love them. Great Plains SPCA respects the privacy of its donors and has put in place a Donor Privacy Policy to honor these rights. This policy explains how we gather, use, and protect personal information submitted to us.

Privacy and Security

High grade encryption and https security protocols are used in collecting personal information and the use and collection of information about you is limited to that which is necessary to administer our operations. This confidential information is kept on file for IRS purposes. A donor may choose to remain anonymous at any time. Great Plains SPCA collects and maintains the following types of donor information when it is voluntarily provided to us:

– Contact information such as name, address, telephone number and email address

– Giving information

– Information provided by the donor in the form of comments and suggestions

How We Use Donor Information

Great Plains SPCA uses Personal Information (a) to acknowledge and provide a tax receipt for donations; (b) to respond to donor inquiries or questions about our services; (c) for internal marketing purposes and as part of Great Plains SPCA’s donor database to help us analyze overall giving patterns in order to make more accurate budget projections, as well as to understand our donors’ interests in our mission and to update them on the organization’s goals and activities. (d) for IRS purposes

List Sharing

Great Plains SPCA will not lend, sell or rent mailing lists of our donors or participants personal information to any third party. Your name, address, phone number or credit card information will not be used outside of our organization. In addition, we will never send mailings to our donors on behalf of any other organizations.